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Ryan Nelsen (right) and Fields Harrington (second from right) ride a tandem bicycle to generate power as people wait for their cell phones to recharge on Avenue C in the East Village of Manhattan, in New York. This neighborhood is in the area of Manhattan without any electrical power.

Ryan Nelsen (right) and Fields Harrington (second from right) ride a tandem bicycle to generate power as people wait for their cell phones to recharge on Avenue C in the East Village of Manhattan, in New York. This neighborhood is in the area of Manhattan without any electrical power. (Stan Honda, Getty Images)

Ryan Nelsen (right) and Fields Harrington (second from right) ride a tandem bicycle to generate power as people wait for their cell phones to recharge on Avenue C in the East Village of Manhattan, in New York. This neighborhood is in the area of Manhattan without any electrical power.Stan Honda, Getty Images